Fewer and fewer buyers are paying all cash when they buy a house. What is the reason behind the decline?
Read More »Calling for Change: Cities Nationwide Protest Agency Distressed Loan Sales Practices
Elected officials and community leaders in cities all over the country are rallying to protest sales of non-performing mortgages to Wall Street investors. What is the proposed solution?
Read More »SFR Vacancy, Turnover Rates Drop in Winter Months
Delinquency rate ticked up in half of the securitizations covered, but also remained low.
Read More »How is Low Inventory Affecting the Housing Market?
Inventory is in thin supply for the housing market. What does it all mean for home sales?
Read More »Fewer Serious Delinquencies Indicate Market Stability
Loss mitigation efforts will continue in isolated pockets that are still struggling, according to HOPE NOW.
Read More »Fairholme CEO: ‘Common Sense Solution Will Prevail’ in Battle Over GSE Profits
One of the largest GSE investors, Fairholme Funds sued the government in 2013 over the sweeping of GSE profits into Treasury. The lawsuit is still pending.
Read More »Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay a Steep Price for FHA-Insured Defaults
Regulators accused the bank of engaging in "reckless" underwriting practices on mortgage loans insured by the FHA.
Read More »Kansas City Fed: Market Volatility Should Not Prevent Rate Hikes
Monetary policy "cannot respond to every blip in financial markets," according to Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Read More »Morgan Stanley is the Latest Firm to Settle RMBS Claims
The FDIC claims the investment banking firm sold toxic residential mortgage-backed securities to three failed banks.
Read More »Counsel’s Corner: HOA Super-Priority Lien Issue Not as Clear After Court Opinion
The latest opinion by the Nevada Supreme Court on HOA foreclosures and super-priority liens was supposed to provide more clarity for the industry, but did it? Jon Patterson and Aaron Chastain of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings discuss.
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